Every translator of the Bible is confronted with this dilemma from time to time: how can you find a good equivalent for a concept that is utterly foreign to your culture? During my recent visit to Tanzania I had the privilege to work with the Kihehe Bible translation team. Kihehe is a language spoken by […]

On 1st November 1889, 29 girls and women lost their lives in one of Glasgow’s worst industrial disasters, when Templeton’s Carpet Factory in the city’s east end collapsed (also known as the ‘Greenhead disaster’). Many others were injured, some seriously. A memorial garden paying tribute to the victims will this year undergo a renovation as […]

Very soon churches in the West will be celebrating the feast of Pentecost (it falls on May 19th this year). Pentecost means ’50th day’, and this important event in the Church calendar comes 50 days after Easter, and marks the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the disciples of Jesus. Among the miracles accompanying that […]

The life of a United Bible Societies Global Translation Advisor involves a lot of travel and just recently, over a period of five weeks, I flew between three countries – Cuba, Costa Rica and Jamaica. Although my tasks in these three countries varied, the goal was the same – to help people come to a […]

If you’re a Bible-believing, church-going Christian living in Europe, you’re in a minority. In the UK, where I live, only 4% of the population regularly attends church. Our colleagues at American Bible Society are concerned to see the beginning of a similar move away from Christianity in their country: among 18-29 year olds, one-in-four report […]

Today, on World Book Day, it’s incredible to note the 1891 comment of French poet and politician Alphonse de Lamartine presciently describing what he envisioned as the future of writing and reading – “Thought will spread across the world with the rapidity of light, instantly conceived, instantly written, instantly understood. It will blanket the earth […]

Some people may think that living in the countryside, far from the smog, bustle and stress of cities, sounds idyllic. And as our team finally shook off the traffic jams of Santiago at the start of our 730km journey south to the mountainous Alto Bio Bio region, we looked forward to the scenic beauty and […]

As I stood on the banks of the Para River, part of the greater Amazon River system, smothered in insect repellent and sunscreen, I watched the large boat pull into the jetty and thought about how dreams do sometimes come true. For many years my wife and her medical missionary parents who had lived and […]

The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. It’s a beautiful truth found in John 1:14 that goes far beyond our comprehension, and this Easter, as we reflect on Jesus – the Word who became flesh – some of our Bible Societies across the globe have found a variety of ways to refocus […]

As a mother, any project that connects children with God’s Word warms my heart. Children are one of God’s most precious creations. It hurts me that so many children across the world are not able to enjoy something that is so plentiful in my home country, the United States: Bibles. But four projects conducted last […]